Myakka Skunk Ape

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Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Uploaded by American Chupacabra

Image credit: CC-BY-SA-3.0 David Barkasy / Loren Coleman

Uploader comment: One of two photograph taken in 2000 by a woman who claimed to have encountered the creature at the edge of her back yard, the pictures were sent anonymously to the local Sheriff's department in Florida.

Image status: UNEXPLAINED The 'Myakka skunk ape' was photographed in 2000 by an anonymous woman in Florida, she believed at the time that the creature was an escaped orangutan however it is still unclear as to whether this was the case or not.

Recent comments on this image

#10 Posted by death worm on 7/23/2006

cool. it lokes real to me.

#9 Posted by mystery dude on 1/20/2007

Man thats one scared old man.....

#8 Posted by Gallimaufry on 6/2/2009

If you look at the cropped version, you can see that it's a picture of an ape propped up behind the plants.

#7 Posted by Classified Document on 11/30/2010

Look how the eyes reflect off the camera flash, awsome!

#6 Posted by Littlehawk on 11/30/2010

anyone know if any official image analysis has been performed on this picture?

#5 Posted by DizzyBone on 12/5/2010

REAL

#4 Posted by Decro435 on 1/14/2011

Looks like an escaped orangutan as she said..

#3 Posted by mgessel on 2/8/2011

if my back yard looked like that i would be moving

#2 Posted by Smithers on 5/5/2011

lol This almost looks like a blanket over an old man with a beard.

#1 Posted by kitco on 6/18/2011

it turns out this was an escaped Chimpanzee that has been living in the swamp for a while, apparently peopl let them go??

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